Heartbleed – which sites do you need to update your password for?

You have no doubt by now heard about the encryption flaw called Heartbleed. It has already been called one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen and has affected many popular websites and services — ones you might use every day. Here’s a quick list of the most popular ones that may require you to update your details.

If you have accounts with Gmail (maybe) and Facebook (more than likely) the Heartbleed hole could have quietly exposed your sensitive account information (such as passwords and credit card numbers) over the past two years.

Due to the nature of the Heartbleed bug, you’ll need to wait until affected sites update their infrastructure before you change your passwords.

Handily, the LastPass Security Check tool now includes recommendations for Heartbleed, letting you know which sites have closed the hole, when, and if you should update yet.

To run the tool, just click on LastPass and check the site’s URL – here’s the result for Apple.com.

Obviously the list below is not extensive – check out the mahoosive one produced by GitHub. Thanks to Christian for the tip

Social networks

Email

Top tech companies

Shopping

Media and tools

 

 

 

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